Drawing
- Title:
- CCC Civics Class / Rec Hall Before Work
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 2009.026.022 b
- Creator:
- Soule, George C. (1914-2008)
Artist - Date:
- 1936
- Description:
- Drawing, CCC Civics Class and Rec Hall Before Work, by George C. Soule (1914-2008), 1936. Pencil on paper. Four sketches of CCC activities. Drawing at top left depicts men seated by stove, identified in pencil as "CCC Civics Class". Bottom drawing depicts men gathered in front of fireplace, identified in pencil as "Rec Hall / Before Work / Feb. 26, 1936". Two other unidentified drawings. Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-11.1 W-8.5 inches
- Provenance:
- George C. Soule (1914-2008) of Manchester, NH, was an artist with the Civilian Conservation Corps in New Hampshire, 1935-1937. He was assigned to draw portraits of CCC workers and to document camp life. He studied art at Yale and became an architect in Manchester. He operated the firm of Soule & Associates from the 1950s through the 1980s. He designed schools, churches, houses, and a wide variety of commercial buildings in southern NH and southern New England. The collection was donated by the children of George Soule.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Patricia, Cynthia, and Peter Soule
- People:
- Soule, George C. (1914-2008)
- Subjects:
- Camp life, Fireplaces, Stoves
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